The Wang family's imperial kiln factory is ten miles away from the Wang family mansion, which is not very far.
On the way here, Yu Jinshu sorted out the past and present of the Imperial Kiln Factory.
The Imperial Kiln Factory was built from scratch by Wang Baoshan’s grandfather. In fact, the entire Wang family became wealthy thanks to his grandfather.
There is truth in the saying that wealth cannot last for more than three generations.
Wang Baoshan's grandfather died of overwork at an early age. His father was a capable man, but when his father was collecting debts in another province, he was washed away by a flood.
From then on, the Wang family began to go downhill.
Wang Baoshan was very ambitious at the beginning and worked hard for the family business, but since he met the girl who made a living in a brothel in Shu, he began to change. His mind was all on the girl, and he spent his days in debauchery and spending a lot of money in the brothel.
He spent a large sum of money to redeem the girl, but was instigated by the girl to transfer his property to Shu and then fake his death.
Having said this, I will not say more.
Take the Imperial Kiln Factory for example. When it was in the hands of Wang Baoshan’s grandfather, he signed a contract with Chenggong. All of Chenggong’s porcelain was manufactured by the Wang family, and that’s why the factory was called the Imperial Kiln Factory.
But later, the newly appointed city lord did not like the porcelain produced by the royal kiln factory, thinking that the patterns were tacky and the styles were old-fashioned.
It happened that the contract between the Imperial Kiln Factory and the City Palace had expired, and the City Lord did not allow the Palace Steward to renew the contract with the Wang family. At that time, Wang Baoshan's father happened to have passed away, so Wang Baoshan had no choice but to bite the bullet and go to the City Palace to meet the City Lord.
The city lord Ye Nankun met Wang Baoshan and gave him a difficult problem. He asked the Imperial Kiln Factory to burn all kinds of glazes found in the world on a piece of porcelain. If the firing could satisfy him, the city palace would renew the contract with the Wang family's Imperial Kiln Factory.
After Wang Baoshan returned to the Imperial Kiln Factory, he began to look for craftsmen who knew how to make various glazes, and when he found them, he invited them to the Imperial Kiln Factory.
Unfortunately, the glaze process was difficult to produce due to different firing temperatures, and would be burned if not handled with care. For several years, the Imperial Kiln Factory failed to produce a piece of porcelain that met the city lord's requirements.
Later, Wang Baoshan faked his death, and those craftsmen left the Imperial Kiln Factory one after another. The Imperial Kiln Factory gradually declined. Now only a few workers are left to burn some simple porcelain to supply some small customers.
The Qin family had plans to disband the Imperial Kiln Factory because there were too many workers there, most of whom had been employed for two or three generations and were difficult to drive away.
Yu Jinshu was thinking about the workers of the Imperial Kiln Factory. Once the Imperial Kiln Factory was disbanded, they would be in the embarrassing situation of being unemployed.
If she could make the porcelain that the city lord Ye Nankun wanted, she would not only be able to meet Ye Nankun, but also be able to support the workers of the Imperial Kiln Factory.
When the carriage arrived at the Imperial Kiln Factory, Yu Jinshu got off and saw that the workers in the factory were sitting together in groups of three or five, sighing.
"I heard that Madam wants to disband the Imperial Kiln Factory. My son borrowed money from others to pay for the betrothal gift when he got married. If the Imperial Kiln Factory is disbanded, he won't be able to pay it back."
"My mother has to spend half of my monthly salary on medicine every month. If I lose this job, my mother might not survive."
"Yeah! It's not easy to find a job these days. In the past two years, there have been floods and droughts, and refugees have all fled to the city. These refugees are only paid half of what we do, and all the kilns are overcrowded."
"What can we do? We don't know how to do anything else except firing the kiln! If we stop getting paid, we'll starve to death."
When some workers saw the Wang family's carriage coming, they were frightened and scattered, fearing that the Wang family would see them slacking off and take the opportunity to drive them away.
Yu Jinshu looked at the workers who were trembling with fear, and felt an unspeakable discomfort in his heart.
She found Wang Xing, the manager of the Imperial Kiln Factory.
Although the original body stayed at home and rarely went out, Wang Xing often went to Wang's house to find Wang Baoshan, so he recognized her.
"Xing Bo, from today on, I will be in charge of the Imperial Kiln Factory."
Wang Xing had heard that Yu Jinshu had a very weak personality. He was not happy about Yu Jinshu's words. Instead, he felt a sense of tragedy in his heart.
The Madam sent the Young Madam to manage the Imperial Kiln Factory. It was probably because the Madam was not willing to disband the Imperial Kiln Factory openly, so she let the Young Madam, who knew no business, to end it.
Seeing Wang Xing's unhappy expression, Yu Jinshu didn't care. She handed a piece of paper to Wang Xing and said, "Uncle Xing, take a look at this first."
Wang Xing unfolded the paper that Yu Jinshu handed to him. When he saw what was written and drawn on the paper, his hands trembled with excitement, and his eyes were so close to the paper that his eyeballs almost popped out.
"Enamel enamel with rouge purple ground and winding branches of Baoxiang flowers, low-temperature overglaze; gold enamel, low-temperature overglaze; turquoise glaze, low-temperature colored glaze; foreign-colored turquoise ground and winding branches of lotus, low-temperature overglaze; imitation Ge glaze, high-temperature monochrome glaze; doucai winding branches of Baoxiang flowers, high-temperature underglaze and low-temperature overglaze..."
Wang Xing looked at the exquisite glaze patterns and the very detailed firing process, and tears welled up in his eyes. "Young Madam, where did you find these glaze patterns and firing methods?"
At the beginning, Wang Baoshan only found nine kinds, but the young lady gave him seventeen kinds.
In addition to the pictures of various glazes, the paper also shows the styles of porcelain, and then these glazes are painted on the porcelain according to different categories.
Moreover, the firing process is described in such detail that it is like the secret recipe of various glazes. There is no need to go to various places to hire craftsmen. They can make them according to the firing method written above.
Yu Jinshu said, "Xing Bo, try firing one today according to the firing process above."
She found the information about these glazes in the system and can print them directly.
She wanted to revitalize the Imperial Kiln Factory, and it was not just talk, but she was 80% to 90% sure of it.
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